Internet service provider Netspace won't yet commit to expanding its ADSL2+ network past Melbourne due to the instability of the fledgling broadband industry.
Number two telco Optus has already signed supply agreements with at least one party as it moves closer to giving Internet service providers (ISPs) wholesale access to its extensive new high-speed broadband network.
Telstra today said its rival Optus should not receive a regulatory break if it wants to extend its broadband network.
SP Telemedia -- otherwise known as Soul -- has announced its plans to merge with TPG Internet in a further consolidation of the telco market which will create one of Australia's largest DSLAM footprints.
Within two months, Internode will tackle customers who have previously sat in ADSL black spots, by offering its new naked service up to seven kilometres from its own exchange network.
A decision by embattled telco AAPT to invest in its own ADSL network would be "high-risk" and could make the business less attractive to suitors in the event of a sale, according to telecommunications research firm Ovum.
Technical issues specific to Powertel's network have temporarily prevented the business-focused telco from installing Chinese networking vendor Huawei's DSLAM equipment.
Internet service provider TPG has outlined plans to install ADSL2+ infrastructure in 250 telephone exchanges nationwide by the end of 2006, with several capital cities expected to receive services from March or April next year.
Several of Australia's largest ISPs are saying that Telstra could give up to 8Mbit/s ADSL speeds to broadband consumers right now, and could have 5 years ago when ADSL was first introduced. But Telstra says there's no demand for higher speeds.
The Australian Competition Tribunal's (ACT) decision to wind back regulated access to Telstra's wholesale network has outraged the telecommunications sector.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is shortly expected to announce during a trip to Darwin what areas of regional Australia will be targeted by the backhaul aspect of the government's National Broadband Network plans.
Customers migrating to Optus' new ADSL infrastructure will be limited to speeds of 1.5Mbps, according to the company's Web site, although much higher speeds had previously been advertised.
Over the coming weeks Nextgen boss Phil Sykes will be touting a new pricing regime for regional backhaul, which the telecoms industry hopes will undercut Telstra's pricing.
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